October trial date set in Troy Goode case

An Oct. 23 trial date has been set in the case of Troy Goode, who died following an incident outside a Widespread Panic concert at Southaven's Snowden Grove Amphitheater in July 2015.

Parties involved in a class-action lawsuit brought by Goode's widow, Kelli Denise Goode, held a scheduling hearing Tuesday and agreed to revised deadlines that include an eight- to 10-day trial beginning Oct. 23. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.

The trial originally was set to begin Sept. 18.

Attorneys for Goode did not immediately return phone calls about the status of the case.

Goode, a chemical engineer in Memphis, was 30 years old when he died July 18, 2015.

The situation began as Goode and his wife, Kelli, were heading to a Widespread Panic concert at the Snowden Grove Amphitheater. Goode and several others used LSD in the parking lot before the concert. After Goode began acting erratically, his wife put him in the car to take him home.

On the way, at about 8 p.m., she pulled into a parking lot in the 3400 block of Goodman. After Goode got out of the car and continued to act erratically, onlookers called police. Officers ended up restraining Goode with his arms and legs behind him. He was transported to a nearby hospital, but died.

Southaven said its officers acted appropriately, but Goode's family and attorneys said he had trouble breathing and suffocated as a result of being hog-tied and left on his stomach for an extended period.